.bat file to autorun printer test page

[Sumotku]

I would like a test page to be printed automatically every 5 days or so to keep mom's inkjet printer head from clogging and wasting countless dollars. I'm afraid a simple reminder will continue to go unheeded so it's best if it autoruns. Seems to me if someone could write a scheduled batch file that would do the trick, but I'm welcome to other ideas that require no user interaction. I imagine this could useful to lots of us.

 

[chronodekar]

Why not schedule a print job using the Windows scheduler ? <looks it up> Oh wait, you'll need to still define the task .. hmmm. I've never tried it, but this looks helpful,

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/printfiles.php

-chronodekar

 

[TomGriffinII]

Make a text file in notepad; play with some fonts and what not then inside task scheduler issue the following "cmd.exe /s: copy whatever.txt >prn:"

In essence what this does is start a command prompt and copy the text file to the default printer and exits when complete.

 

[MrChad]

RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /n"My Printer" /k

Replace "My Printer" with your printer's name.

 

[Sumotku]

Thanks so much for the help. It seems there are lots of ways to solve this. Mr Chad's code takes care of -what- to print as well, very nice. Much obliged.